ilk
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But it seems that the general idea that the team needed someone of that ilk never went away, and it's easy to see why.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Americans don’t like inflation of any ilk, but it is back in the 2% to 3% range, and that has been just fine.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Vaudeville memory acts used it; Mr. Dylan is of their ilk, working the same stages in a slightly different branch of entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Oliveros’ deep listening and that of other composers of her environmental ilk, particularly the atmospherically ethereal sound worlds of Annea Lockwood, were made for Ojai.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
But instead of Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, the illustrations showed crystal-blue alpine lakes and edelweiss-covered meadows populated with snow larks, mountain hares, and other wildlife of that Swiss ilk.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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